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Molecular population-genetics
Serine proteinase-inhibitors
Dna-sequence variation
Amino-acid-sequence
Drosophila-melanogaster
Balancing selection
Protease inhibitors
Disease resistance
Haplotype structure
Natural-selection.
Biology in Current Contents(R)/Agricultural, Biology &
Environmental Sciences. Molecular Biology & Genetics in Current
Contents(R)/Life Sciences.
Abstract:
In multigene families, variation among loci and alleles can contribute to trait evolution. We explored patterns of functional and genetic variation in six duplicated Arabidopsis thaliana tryspin inhibitor (ATTI) loci. We demonstrate significant variatio